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Communicable Diseases

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indirect disease transmission would be catching a virus through   contaminated water or insects  
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immunization is effective against disease because it   renders the population non-susceptible  
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isolation of infected individuals is often ineffective because   infected individuals are often unrecognized  
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regulation and inspection of food preparation is an example of   control of indirect transmission  
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Effectively controlling a disease primarily requires a knowledge of   disease's cause & method of transmission  
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congenital syphilis may cause   fetal death  
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Gonorrhea mainly affects   mucous membranes  
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herpes cannot be diagnosed through   biopsy  
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most common sexually transmitted disease   Chlamydia  
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AIDS attacks the immune system through   destroying T lymphocyte  
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AIDS victims are susceptible to widespread infection from organisms that   pose no threat to healthy person  
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homosexual females are not at an elevated risk for   contracting AIDS  
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Blood donation by individuals considered to be at an elevated risk for AIDS is banned because   infected blood can be impossible to detect  
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disease transmitted from person to person   communicable disease  
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communicable disease in which small numbers of cases are continually present in a population   endemic disease  
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communicable disease affecting concurrently large numbers of persons in a population   epidemic disease  
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direct physical contact or by means of droplet spread   method: communicable disease transmission  
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primary methods used to control diseases when effective methods of immunization are not available   identification, isolation, & treatment  
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virus attacks/destroys T lymphocytes, compromising cell-mediated immunity & leading to infections & some tumors   AIDS  
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spiral organism causing syphilis   treponema pallidum  
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clinical manifestation of chancre   primary syphilis  
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clinical manifestation of systemic infection w/skin rash & enlarged lymph nodes   secondary syphilis  
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clinical manifestation of late destructive lesions in internal organs, such as brain/heart   tertiary syphilis  
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clinical manifestation of urethritis, cervicitis, pharyngitis, proctitis   gonorrhea  
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clinical manifestation of superficial vesicles/ulcers on external genetalia & genital tract infection; regional lymph nodes often enlarged/tender   herpes  
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clinical manifestation of cervicitis & urethritis   chlamydia  
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Tests used to diagnose syphilis   demonstration of treponemes in chancre & serological tests  
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Tests used to diagnose gonorrhea   culture of organisms from site of infections & non-culture tests  
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Tests used to diagnose herpes   demonstration of intranuclear inclusions in infected cells, virus cultures & serological tests in some cases  
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Tests used to diagnose chlamydia   detection of antigens in cervical/urethral secretions, florescence microscopy, cultures & non culture tests  
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major complications of syphilis include   damage to cardiovascular system; nervous system in tertiary syphilis may be fatal  
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major complications of gonorrhea include   disseminated bloodstream infection, tubal infection w/impaired fertility, & spread of infection to prostate & epididymides  
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major complications of herpes include   spread from infected mother to infant  
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major complications of chlamydia include   tubal infection w/impaired fertility & epididymitis  
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chlamydia, syphilis & gonorrhea can be treated with   antibiotics  
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herpes can be treated with   antiviral drug shortens infection, not curative  
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virus that caused most cases of AIDS in the world   HIV1  
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infections are more prevalent in West Africa   HIV2  
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first cases of AIDs identified in   1981  
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HIV was identified in   1983  
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blood test to detect HIV became available in   1985  
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RNA virus belonging to class called retroviruses   HIV  
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in HIV the viral RNA & important enzyme (reverse transcriptase) are enclosed in a capsid in   core of virus  
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cuts & assembles virus protein into small segments that surround viral RNA, forming infectious virus particles that bud from infected HIV cells   HIV protease  
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HIV invades CD4+ cells & becomes part of cell DNA which means that   the individual is infected for life  
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HIV virus proliferates in infected cells & sheds virus particles, which means   virus present in blood & bodily fluids  
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body forms HIV-antibody, which means   antibody is marker of infection but is not protective  
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HIV's progressive destruction of helper T cells means   compromised cell-mediated immunity  
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with HIV when immune defenses collapse it means   more susceptible to opportunistic infections & neoplasms  
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amount of viral RNA in blood of an HIV infected person reflects   extent of viral replication in lymphoid tissue throughout body  
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blood plasma of a person with an acute HIV infection would have   over a million virus particles per million  
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blood plasma of a person being treated with agents effective against HIV virus would have   extremely low levels of virus  
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estimates extent of damage to HIV infected immune system   determination of # of T lymphocytes in the blood  
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infection in immunocompromised person caused by organism normally nonpathogenic/limited pathogenicity   opportunistic infection  
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drug used to treat HIV infections by binding to reverse transcriptase, blocking DNA polymerase   nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors  
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converts DNA to RNA   DNA polymerase  
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look alike compounds   analogs  
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nucleoside analogs that resemble normal nucleosides that virus uses to construct DNA   nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors  
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in nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors synthesis is disrupted when   analog substitutes for the required nucleoside  
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HIV drug that blocks enzyme that cuts viral protein into segments & assembles them around viral RNA to form infectious virus particle   protease inhibitors  
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protease inhibitors cause the virus particle to be   improperly constructed & is not infectious  
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